Apparatus for reeling fabrics



May 23, 1961 w. BEJEUHR 2,985,397

APPARATUS FOR REELING FABRICS 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 21, 1956 FIG:/5

IN V EN TOR. WALTER BEJEUHR ATTORNEY May 23, 1961 I w. BEJEUHR 2,985,397

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APPARATUS FOR REELING FABRICS Filed Feb. 21, 1956 6 Sheets-Sheet 3INVENTOR.

WALTER BEJEUHR ATTORNEY May 23, 1961 Filed Feb. 21, 1956 W. BEJEUHRAPPARATUS FOR REELING FABRICS 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 IN VEN TOR. WALTERBEJEUHR ATTORN Y n May 23, 1961 w. BEJEUHR APPARATUS FOR REELING FABRICS6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed Feb. 21, 1956 FIG. 8

IN V EN TOR. WALTER BEJEUHR ATTORNEY APPARATUS FOR REELING FABRICSWalter Bejeuhr, Mount Vernon, N.Y., assignor to Eugene Unger, MountVernon, N.Y.

Filed Feb. 21, 1956, Ser. No. 566,851

'1 Claim. (31. 242-62 The present invention relates to a method andapparatus for reeling fabrics and other sheet materials which are to belaterally stretched during processing, storing, finishing or ageing.

It is among the object of the present invention to provide an automaticreeling machine which will reel fabrics of textile materials atrelatively high speed without manual intervention and directly as suchfabrics have been tentered, processed, finished, woven or otherwiseprocessed.

Another object is to provide an automatic reeling machine which willautomatically, in accordance with the feed of the fabric, hook thefabric into laterally extended position all without the interposition ofmanual operators.

Still further objects and advantages will appear in the more detaileddescription set forth below, it being understood, however, that thismore detailed description is given by way of illustration andexplanation only and not by way of limitation, since various changestherein may be made by those skilled in the art without departing fromthe scope and spirit of the present invention.

In accomplishing the above objects, an automatic mechanism is providedin which two adjustable side discs forming the reel are provided thehooks of which are successively and automatically moving inward toengage the fabric as the fabric is fed into the reel and between thediscs from other finishing operations.

The reel is desirably rotated and the hooks are desirably fed intoposition so that they will engage the fabric at a uniform rate eventhough the reel may be turned relatively rapidly when the cloth is firstbeing attached to the inner convolutions and more slowly as the clothapproaches the outer diameter of the reel.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts ashereinafter more specifically described, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention,but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modificationscan be resorted to which fall within the scope of the claim hereuntoappended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views:

Fig. l is a top plan view of the machine according to the presentinvention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view taken upon the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view upon an enlarged scale as compared toFig. 1 upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical side sectional view upon 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken upon the line 55 of Fig. 3showing the gear box arrangement.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken upon the line 6-6 of Fig. 5through the gear box arrangement.

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view taken upon the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

"nited States Patent Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view taken uponthe line '88 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view taken upon the line 9--9 of Fig.5.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary sectional view taken upon the line 10-10 ofFig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a transverse side sectional view showing the clutch pressureindicator.

Fig. 12 is a side elevational view showing the hook wheel.

Fig. 13 is a side view showing the hook arrangement associated with theside hook wheel of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 14-14 of Fig. 13showing the extended position of the hook.

Fig. 15 is a diagrammatic top plan view showing the manner in which thehooks are pressed inwardly to engage the fabric.

Fig. 16 shows a modification of the track drive arrangement.

Fig.17 shows another modification of the track drive arrangement.

Fig. 18 shows still further modification of the track drive arrangement.

Fig. 19 is a side elevational view showing a gear or chain drive.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 there is shown a supporting frame A. Themain drive motor, which is a reversing motor B, is provided with amercury clutch C and it has a belt and pulley connection D to the maindrive shaft E.

The main drive shaft E, as shown in Fig. 1, is provided with a clutch Fhaving a chain drive G from the proceeding fabric processing equipmentironer. The shaft E also carries the gearing arrangement H which isassociated with the clutch pressure indicator I.

The ends of the shaft E have drive connections K to the top drive shaftsL which extend forwardly to the gear box arrangements M one beingpositioned at each side of the machine.

These gearing box arrangements are shown in large scale in Figs. 5, 6, 8and 9.

The gear boxes are provided with the counterweights N. The gear boxesactuate the presser feet P (see Fig. 5) which press upon the hooks Qpivotally mounted upon the side discs R of the reels.

The track wheel S (see Fig. 1) are provided with control track members Tof Fig. 16, T of Fig. 17, T of Fig. 18 or T of Fig. 19.

Cooperating with these tracks T, T T and T are the toothed wheel or gearor ratchet members U of Fig. 16, U of Fig. 17, U of Fig. 18 and U ofFig. 19.

The purpose of the track wheels S and the arrangements shown in Figs. 16to 19 is to regulate the speed of turning of the hook wheels or reelsides R so that they will turn at a uniform linear velocity inaccordance with the movement of the fabric V onto the reel.

It will be noted by reference to Fig. 2 that if the fabric V is beingfed at a uniform rate, indicated by the arrow W, between the hook wheelsR, these wheels will have to turn more quickly when the fabric is beingwoundup upon a general spiral as indicated at X in Fig. 2 than when itis being wound up on an outside spiral, as for example as indicated at Yin Fig. 2, and this is accomplished by the arrangements shown in Figs.16 to 19.

As the fabric V is fed between the hook wheels R the hooks will besuccessively moved into engagement with the fabric, as for example isindicated in Fig. 5, attaching it between the flange ends R or hookwheels R of the completed reel.

The gear box M and the foot member P will follow the fabric as it iswound upon the hooks Q between th hook wheels R.

Referring to Fig. 2 there is shown a base A with the side supports 11and the back support 12 which carries the transverse rails 13 formingpart of the main frame structure A. These transverse rails 13 are inpairs as shown in Fig. 4 and their lower fianges'are bolted to the crosspieces 14. g V

On top of the flanges are positioned the cross plates 15 on which arecarried the boxes 16. e 1 7 Below the structure A is positioned the baseof the reversing motor B. The reversing motorB is connected by themercury clutch C to the pulley 26 which drives the belt 27 forming partof the drive mechanism D.

The belt 27 drives the upper pulley 28 which is keyed at 29 to the shaftE. The shaft E extends at 30;into the end boxes 16 where it carries thespur or bevel gears 31 and drives the bevel gears 32 as shown in Figs. 3and 4.

The bevel gears 32 are fixed at 33 upon the step shaft 3 4 which extendsinto the vertical boxes 17. V

On the shaft 34 are the gears 35 which. have chained connections 36 tothe upper gears 37. The uppergears 37 are mounted upon the shafts 38which turn thecollars 39 .of the universal joints 40.

The universal joints 40 drive the shafts L which in turn drive theuniversal joints 41. As shown in Fig. 6 this universal connection 41drives the shaft which extends through the bearings '51 and 52 in thenose 53 of the gear box M.

The end of the shaft 50 carries the spur gear 54 by means of the pin 55.

The spur gear 54 meshes with and drives the spur gear 56 which is fixedon the shaft 57. The gear 56 in turn drives the spur gear 58 on theshaft 59.

The shaft 59 has a hub 60 with the outturned gears 61 upon which aremounted the rollers 62 by means of the stud shafts 63 held in positionby the nuts 64.

Pressing against the gear 61 is the coil spring 65 which presses on thedisc 66 held in position by the member 67 onthe end of the shaft 59. Theupper end 68 of the shaft '59 has a bearing 69 in the gear box M.

These roller members 62 which turn with the gears 61 act upon thecamming nose of the presser foot N and move said presser foot from thesolid line position of Fig. 5 to the dot and dash line of Fig. 5 tocause them to press the hooks Q successively in contact with the clotlrVas shown in Fig. 15.

The presser foot P which has the contact face 76 to press upon the hooksQ is reciprocated by means of the shaft 77. 4 The shaft 77 passesthrough the bearings 78 and 79 in the sleeve 80 which forms part of thegear box M. The shaft is normally biased in direction 81 (see Fig. 5) bymeans of the coil spring 82.

The outer end of the coil spring reacts against the collar 83 and itsinner end reacts against the shoulder 84 of the sleeve 80.

As each roller or disc 62 rides over the cam nose 75 it will first pressthe foot member P downwardly in the direction 85 and then it willrelease it to spring back into its upper positionup the stressed coilspring82.

At one side of the gear box M there is provided the guide sleeve 86which rides upon the vertical guide rod 87 (see Figs. 5 and 6).

The opposite side of the gear box is also provided with a sleeve 88which has keys 89 riding in the slots 90 of the vertical guide column91.

From the side plate of the gear box M there projects a stud shaft 101(see Figs. 5 and 10) which has a driver member 10 2. This driver member102 carries one of the gear units U or U or U or U The shaft 101 isdriven from the shaft 57 as is shown in Fig. 9. The shaft 57 drives thepinion 103 which meshes with and drives the pinion 104.

The pinion 104 is held on the shaft 105. The pinion 104 drives thepinion 106 which is on the shaft 107 The pinion 106 meshes with anddrives the pinion #108 4 on the shaft 109. The pinion 108 in turn drivesthe pinion 110 which is fixed to the shaft 101 and which drives themember 102.

The member 102 is driven by or controlled by the track T on thetrackwheel S.

As is shown in Fig. 7 the trackwheel S is provided with a hub which iskeyed in position 121 on the shaft 122. The shaft 122 has bearings at123 and 124 in the bearing standards 125 and 126, which standards aresupported upon the base 127 and at the same time is mounted upon theplate 128 which in turn is mounted upon the structural member 129 (seeFig. 6).

The end of the shaft carries'the flange 130 on which is positioned thepin 131 which projects through an opening of the front and back plates132 on the hook wheel R.

The opposite flanges or hook wheels R are carried by means of thesleeves 133 which turn upon the hollow shafts 1 34 to form a completereel.

Depending upon the length of the sleeves 133 the spacing between thereels may be varied depending upon the width of the fabric.

The complete r'eel including the wound cloth hook wheels R at thesleeves 33" may be handled as a unit after removal from the hollow shaft134 and after the side flanges or hook wheels R are removed from thepositioning studs 131.

The gear boxes M are balanced by means of the counterweights N. The gearboxes as indicated in Fig. 3 have forward hooks -which engage the cablemembers 146 extending over the guide wheels 147.

The guide Wheels 147 are mounted on the shafts 148 on the top structures149 of the guide rods 87. The cable then engages the eyelet 150 at thetop of the counterweight N. 7

At the top of the column 91 there is provided the micro-switch 151 whichwill be moved from one position to'the other by the gear box structureas, it reaches the top of the column 91. This will reverse theconnections to the motor B.

The hook structures Q are best shown in Figs. 5, 13, 14 and 1 5. Asshown in Fig. 5 they have pivot mounts 152 on the back face 153 of thehook wheel or flange R.

The pivot mounts 152 consist of U shaped members the legs of which 154extend through the body of the hook wheel .R as shown in Fig. 14.

The hook member Q is twisted or coiled, as indicated at 155, around thebase of the U shaped pivot member or hinge member 152, and it hasanoutstanding arm 156 which will normally tension the base 157 in thedirection 158.

At the end of the base 157 there is the inturned hook element 159 whichhas a pointed end 160 for engaging the selvage edge of the fabric V asshown in Fig. 15 closely adjacent to the inside face of the hook wheelR. These hooks Q are arranged in a spiral fashion as indicated at Z inFig. 12 which shows the face of the hook wheel, and one of the primaryobjects of the present invention is to drive these reels 'or hook wheelsR so that they will move more quickly at the center of the spiral at Xthan they do at the outer portion of the spiral at Y. This isaccomplished by means of the arangem ent shown in Figs. 16 to 19. e 1

In this operation the drive shaft B will move at a constant speed beingdriven from the motor B through the pulleys 26 and 28 and the belt 27.In turn the drive shaft B will drive the shaft L through the universal40, the chain 36, the bevel gearing 31 and 32 and the-chain 36 with itsend sprockets 35 and 37. p

This drive will be communicated to the gear box M by means of the shaft50 and the universal gear 41 as shown in Fig. 6. The shaft 50 throughthe spur gear 54 will first drive-the spur gear 56 which in turndrivesthe spur gear 58. The spur gear 58 will drive, the follower disc 62which will move the presser foot r'rorwardly to press one hook Q afteranother into the selvage edge 161 of the fabric V as shown in Fig. 15.

At the same time the reel flanges or hook wheels R will be advanced atthe rate of delivery of the fabric V to them and the gear box will bemoved upwardly toward the microswitch 151 by the tracking arrangement asshown in Figs. 16 to 19.

This tracking arangement is also driven from the shaft 57 and the spurgear 56 and through the train of gears extending from 103 to 110 asindicated in Fig. 9.

This chain of gears will turn the tracking members U, U U or U whichwill mesh with the tracks T, T T or T to force the track wheels aroundat the same rate as the fabric is being brought in between the hookwheels R and the hook wheels are engaged with the selvage 161.

As a result the track wheels S and the hook wheels R which are connectedtogether by means of the shaft 122, as shown in Fig. 7, and the stud orpositioning pin 131 will. move more quickly when the fabric is beingengaged at the inner end of the spiral X (see Fig. 2) than at the outerend of the spiral Y, as the diameter gradually becomes greater as morefabric is engaged between the hook wheels R.

The speed of the shaft E by means of the clutch arrangement F and thechain drive G to the ironing machine will be regulated so that thefabric will come ofi the ironing machine or be otherwise processed atthe same rate that it is fed in between the hook Wheels R.

It will be noted that the clutch F has two side plates 175 between whichmay be clutched the gear wheel 176 which is part of the chain drive Gfrom the ironer.

The gear connection H to the clutch pressure indicator J is indicated inFig. 11. The clutch pressure indicator has a hand wheel 177 with ahandle 178. This hand Wheel carries the pointer or indicator member 179which turns around the graduated face 180' of the cup member 181.

The hand wheel '177 is on the step down portion 182 of the shaft 183.The step down portion 182 of the shaft 183 carries the gear 184 whichmeshes with the pinion 185 on the shaft 186. The shaft 186 also carriesthe gear 187.

.Both the shafts 186 and 183 pass through the backplate 188. The shaft183 however turns inside of the bearing 189 in the backplate while theshaft 186 is fixed at 190 in said backplate 188 as it also is fixed at191 in the face 180 of the cup 181.

By turning the handle 178 it is possible to regulate the pressure on thecloth.

Instead of the connection of the drive G to an ironing machine it mayalso be to a tentering machine or a shearing machine.

The number of cam follower rollers 62 may Vary in accordance with thenumber and spacing of the hooks Q, but normally two of these followerrollers 180 apart have been found to be suflicient.

The hook wheels are normally made of moisture proof plywood or laminatedfabric materials.

The mercury clutch C may be of the No. EK12 type and the motor B may beof /2 HR, 1725 r.p.m.

In respect to the arrangement H this involves a gear 200 which isthreaded upon a sleeve 201 turning upon 6 a shaft E. The gear 200 isprovided with a thrust bearing 202 and there is also another thrustbearing 203.

The thrust bearing 203 is in a plate member 204 which has a bearing 205for the shaft 206. The shaft 206 is driven by the pinion 207 which bearsin the upright plate 208 on the foot 209.

The shaft has the end extensions 220 in the projecting boxes 221 toprovide adjustability depending upon the width of the material whichwill necessitate movement apart of the track wheels S as well as thehook wheels R.

The shaft 183 may be connected to or turn with the shaft 206 of theclutch pressure indicator.

The gear ratio Within the clutch pressure indicator is about 1 to 16counting the pinions 192 meshing with the gear 187 and the pinionmeshing with the gear 184.

Normally the indicator range will move the pointer 179 9 for each 16 lb.interval of tension. For example, it requires 9 revolutions of the handWheel 177 to move from zero to maximum tension which will be about 360lbs. spring pressure.

As many changes could be made in the above method and apparatus forreeling fabrics, and many widely different embodiments of this inventioncould be made without departing from the scope of the claim, it isintended that all matter contained in the above description shall beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of theinvention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, what isclaimed is:

An automatic reeling device for textile fabric comprising a reel andhaving an outside circumference and having side plates with insertableand removable attachments and a central tube and means to engage saidfabric with said attachments as it is wound upon said reel, said sideplates having outside faces and also inside faces positioned closelyadjacent to the edges of the fabric being reeled and said attachmentsincluding a plurality of right angular shaped hook members to engage theedges of the fabric, said hook members being pivotally mounted on theoutside faces of the plates and said hook members being arranged in aclosely spaced continuous spiral arrangement and a plurality of openingsalso arranged in said spiral arrangement to receive and permit movementof the hook members through the openings into engagement with the fabricedges and a sinuous track and a toothed follower arrangement to engagesaid sinuous track and to cause said fabric to feed upon said reel at aconstant speed regardless of the nearness or remoteness of the fabricfrom beginning or end of the reel.

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